2012 Kansas City Royals Repository Thread

[alnorth]

2012 Slogan: Our Time

A better, more accurate 2012 Slogan: It is Finally Next Year
(from Great Expectations)

An alternative slogan if you don't like that one: Someone has to win this crappy division
(from alnorth)

With the beginning of a new year, it is time for the 2012 version of the Royals Repository Thread. We've got Hosmer, we've got a 2011-dominating Gordon, we've got Moose, we've got hopefully a killer bullpen, we've got a stereotypical slow slugging DH, we've got easily one of the best defensive shortstops in the AL, we've got a promising catcher in Salvador Perez. Hell, we've got offense and promising prospects galore.

We do not have starting pitching.

Oh yeah, we've also got this:



Get ready for, (as of January 2012 anyway), one of the most confusing puzzles of a baseball season in recent Royals history. Will they suck? Maybe, I don't know. Will we be given a year of 0.500 baseball? Possibly, I don't know. Will they win the division and go to the playoffs for the first time in 27 years? For the first time in a long time, it could happen, I don't know. 92 losses, 92 wins, or anything in between would not surprise a lot of us.

Everything goes here except Gameday threads and really big news. If a giant story breaks, the Royals achieve some awesome milestone, or we sign/lose a highly significant player/coach/mascot/whatever, then it might also deserve its own thread. This being Chiefs Planet, please do not clutter the board with new threads about trivial Royals news or you will only annoy those who come here for just Chiefs football. If you aren't sure and its not a Gameday thread, it goes here.

What sort of stuff often goes here? SPchief explained it well, so I'll just copy that:

If you locate something of interest.. ANYTHING.. deals on apparel, best ways in/out of the stadium, giveaways, great stories from this season or from seasons gone by, rumors, trades, anything.... feel free to post it here.

[lewdog]

Ok so let me play devil's advocate. Prospects are just that, prospects. It is almost like playing the lottery as if they will produce at the major league level. Plenty of prospects have flown through the minors with start like numbers, only to fade out at the major league level.

As we watched last year, our offense can score but we just need pitching. Throw the same offense up to the plate next year, hope for better numbers from Hosmer, and with the rotation we now have can we win?

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Jayson Stark:

@jaysonst: #Royals felt Myers would go thru ups & downs for next couple of years, much like Hosmer/Moustakas. Decided window to go for it was now.

No way in hell he'd be worse than THE WORST STARTING RF IN BASEBALL!!!

I am just ****ing livid at this trade...and I haven't spent any money on the Royals in the past 2 seasons.

And it's because of mindless shit like this.

[Discuss Thrower]

Go fist **** your oldest living female relative, Dayton.

[CJizzles]

Look at the bright side guys.

None of this shit matters when the world ends this month.

Whew!

[-King-]

I'm so happy I'm only a casual Royals fan at best

[OnTheWarpath58]

@jessespector: AL Central splitting up. Tigers to AL East, White Sox to AL West, Indians and Twins to Big Ten, Royals to California Penal League.

[KevB]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Dayton got fisted hard in this trade

So we probably weren't willing to give up Odo at the meetings, but went home and f'ing caved. Friedman owned DM.

[siberian khatru]

I was so looking forward to Myers in RF by May 1. And years to come.

[CJizzles]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

@jessespector: AL Central splitting up. Tigers to AL East, White Sox to AL West, Indians and Twins to Big Ten, Royals to California Penal League.

We are the victims.

We should go to the California Counseling Rape victim league.

[Prison Bitch]

Odorizzi and Montgomery and power prospect Pat Leonard included! We are officially the laughingstock of MLB

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by stonedstooge

If it would have been for Price, I could have bought it

This is comedy gold. Bless your heart that you could have bought the trade if it was for one of the best arms in baseball.

[RUSH]

God bless you Royals+Chiefs fans. I don't know how you do it.

That would be too much pain for me.

Such a shortsighted trade.

[DeezNutz]

Old Hoss Radbourn ‏@OldHossRadbourn

Royals' owner D. Glass to trade Jack Stack Barbeque and Arthur Bryant's for the rights to the McRib.

[DeezNutz]

Old Hoss Radbourn ‏@OldHossRadbourn

Royals' owner D. Glass to trade Jack Stack Barbeque and Arthur Bryant's for the rights to the McRib.

[Bowser]

Holy shit.

Why are Kansas City's pro teams not named Sporting ran by complete ****ing idiots? Is the whole city of Kansas City buried on some massive ancient Indian burial ground? Why, for the love of God? Why?

David Glass, you can take your general manager, your 70 million dollar "cap", Jeff Francouer, and this piss poor, ****ed up, lopsided shit**** trade, and shove it all up your midget sized dickhole, you detached worthless ****. Son of a BITCH.